Michael Roston, Raw Story The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee started a hearing on the firing of eight federal prosecutors by asking if President George W. Bush was directly responsible for the termination of the prosecutors. “We are quickly reaching the point where, given the claim of executive privilege, the logical question is what…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said Thursday morning his push to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining support among the American people as he collects petitions with more than 100,000 signatures supporting the impeachment drive. “I made it very clear that I was not alone,” Kucinich said. “Today I am proud…
Agence France-Presse The US government cannot account for 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to an investigation carried out by the Government Accountability Office. According to the July 31 report, the military “cannot fully account for about 110,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 80,000 pistols, 135,000 items of body armour and…
Reuters Citing executive privilege, President George W. Bush on Wednesday rejected a subpoena for his close adviser Karl Rove to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a probe over fired federal prosecutors. The committee had subpoenaed Rove to testify at a hearing on Thursday morning in its investigation of the firing last year of…
